Oracle to support Red Hat Linux
Oracle will offer support for the Red Hat Linux distribution, the company's chief executive Larry Ellison said at the Oracle OpenWorld conference.
"There is a lack of true enterprise support for the Linux operating system. This has slowed the adoption of Linux," Ellison said in a keynote presentation.
"This isn't about competing with Red Hat. This is about increasing the adoption of Linux in the enterprise."
Red Hat only provides support for the current versions of its operating system, but many enterprises run older versions for which no bug fixes are made available. The company also doesn?t indemnify its customers against intellectual property claims, exposing Linux users to legal claims from companies like SCO.